Teaching Children and Adolescents Physical Education 4th Edition With Web Resource

Description

There has never been a more challenging time to teach physical education to children and adolescents. Between managing difficult behaviour and adapting lessons for students with diverse needs, teachers have their hands full. This title has been helping both new and experienced teachers meet these challenges for many years and this revised edition has been updated to address many of the new challenges that have emerged in the past decade. It goes beyond pedagogy to include concrete curriculum strategies for making classes vibrant, fun and developmentally appropriate. The text is packed with advice for motivating students to practice, building positive feelings, observing and analysing, providing feedback and assessing students through formative assessment.

George Graham, PhD, is an award-winning university professor and public school physical education instructor who was named to the NASPE Hall of Fame in 2007. He is the author of Children Moving, currently in its ninth edition and used in more than 250 universities throughout the United States. Graham has spoken on the topic of positive physical education on CBS This Morning, CNN, and National Public Radio. He also has been cited in USA Today, the Harvard Review, and the Washington Post. Eloise Elliott, PhD, is a Ware Distinguished Professor at West Virginia University, where she leads initiatives to improve the physical activity participation of children. She has developed and taught university physical education teaching courses and conducted teacher training. She developed and oversees a web-based resource to help teachers include physical activity in the pre-K-8 classroom. A former public school physical education teacher, Elliott was appointed to the national President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Science Board. Steve Palmer, PhD, is associate dean at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff. His background includes 15 years in physical education teacher education and research. He also has taught elementary and middle school physical education. Palmer leads and coordinates NAU's physical education teacher education program. He has published numerous papers related to physical education curriculum and teaching.